off-

See also: off, of, off., -off, and Off.

English

Etymology

From Middle English of-, from Old English of-, æf- (“off, away, down, un-”), from Proto-Germanic *aba- (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“off, away”). Cognate with Dutch af- (“off, away, down”), German ab- (“off, from, down”), Latin ab- (“from, of”), Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away from, without”). Doublet of apo- and ab-.

Prefix

off-

1. Away from; off.
2. (of a colour) not quite; almost

   off-white

Synonyms

• (away from): out-, ab-, apo-, de-, away, off

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with off-

• off-limb

Anagrams

• FFO